St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-02


tarv of War a letter revoking the approVal
of the War Department's recommendation
for the return Of captured Union anu ooi.
federate flags to the different ota.e au'iiohi
ties. It appears that the War Department.
circular was issued upon the written recolh,
mendation of Adiutant General Drum anu
that the matter was orally mentioned oy 'ne
secretary to the President, who directed Ill
a perfunctorv manner that the department.
should do whatever was propersE IL Has poei
found that the action of the department. 10
not justified by law. The matter mas sCilleu
up a great deal of feeling IN draho ARMY
circles and throughout the North. Governors
Larrabee, of Iowa; Rusk, OF Wisconsin, anu
TAayer, of Nebraska, telegraphed to tne
President protests against the return OF tne
Southern flags. The protests were generally
couChed in very earnest language, ana "ele
accompanied by resolutions adopted az SOL
diers' meetings and by dispatches OF ufaho
Army commanders.
Robert E. Lee Camp No. 1, Confederate
Veterans of Richmond, Va, have Vlslteu ooS,
ton. They were the guests OF Post lo' oianu
Army of the Republic Upon the arrl'ai
of the visitors in Boston a procession wa"
formed consisting of the First Regiment LII
fantry, the National Lanciers, Post = u A.
R., and Post Is, G. A. R. The visitors re-
ceiyed an ovation throughout the entire line
of march, the enthusiasm of their greeting
being extremely marked. The PROCESSION
as it passed the City Hall was reviewed py
Mayor O. Brien, and as it passed Inc 0'a'e
House by Governor Ames.
A Telegram from Reading says that owing
to recent legislation threatening the hquof
interest call has been issued to the brewers
of PENNSYLVANIA to meet at Harrisburg on
September for the purpose OF forming 'ne
Brewers Association of Pennsylvania
The Senate of Michigan has passed Local
option bill from the House, after making
some slight amendments.
Returns of the local elections held recently
in Wisconsin show that several thousaho
women voted under the new law when ena-
bles them to vote at any election Where
school officers are chosen.
Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, says the
new Catholic university will probaoly Dc
located in Washington, D. c. The location
will not be definitely settled till next sep
tember
The strike in the Connellsville coke region
has been broken by the Hungarian strikers
at the Sterling and Jimtown works OF
Schoonmaker & Co. returning to work at
the old wages.
1t is reported in Pittsburg that the Anal
gamated Association convention Would
probably pass resolution prohibiting mem
bers of the association from becoming
Knights of Labor.
The lockout at the Valencia cigar factory,
at Chicago, has ended, the manager consent
ing to pay the union price for scrap cigars or
punches made by the machine. The girls
employed on the machines will join the
union.
Three masked robbers went to the house
If Peter Hawn, in Juniata township, near
Huntingdon, Pa, and demanded money
from the women, who were alone in the
house. While the robbers were at work the
aen returned George Anker, HaWn's
adopted son, shot at one of the robbers with
his rifle, but missed him, whereupon the
robber fired on Anker with his revolver, In
Aicting a fatal wound in the left breast.
After Anker was wounded the robber
knocked him down, took his rifle from him
and blew out his left eye, but the man es-
capped to the surrounding hills and has not
vet been captured. The other robbers re-
treated in an opposite direction.
While colored schools were holding a
picnic in grove near St. Louis gang of
colored roughs went to the grounds and after
drinking beer refused to pay for it. When
Adams the booth-keeper demonstrated, the
rowdies assaulted him with clubs and drew
pistols on him. Adams went home, pro-
cured Winchester rifle, returned and opened
apromiscuous fire on the gang, two OF whom,
Jeff Smith and Henry Hall. he seriously
wounded, the latter perhaps fatally.
Joseph Duquette shot his wife and then
v4ommitted suicide, at South Bridge, Mass.
:, - expected that the woman will recover.
tv. Morrell Mackenzie, of London, has
sent cablegram to DR.. Shrady, editor of
the New York Medical Record, in which he
SAYS that the tumor in tae throat of the
Crown Prince of Germany is of a dense,
warty character (Pachydermia verrucosa).
A most important statement, based upon the
authority of Professor Virchow, is that no
morbid products are discoverable by the
miscroscope in the submucous tissues. DR..
Shrady says the prognosis therefore, based
upon the above examination, is to be re-
garded as most favorable A growth pre-
senting such characteristics possesses no ele-
ments of malignancy, and, depending as ii
may upon various constitutional as well as
local causes, is, as rule, perfectly amenable
to successful treatment.
The committee on accidents to trainmen
of the Master Car-Builders' Association at
thelast meeting of that organization reported
that 25, ,O37 locomotives in the United States
killed 1,426 employees and injured 6,54s
during the past year. Nearly one-half OF
these injuries came from coupling cars.
1t is stated that the Washington Manufac-
turing Company, engaged in the manufac-
ture of cotton and woolen goods in Glouces-
ter City, N. j., had suspended payment The
debts are placed at about $3.50, 600 and the as
sets 81, 1886, ,14474.
The steamship Vidette from New York
for Mobile, foundered 100 miles off shore on
the 18th instant. Her crew have arrived at
Pensacola. She was valued at $50, 1000, and
had large assorted cargo.
Several of the tenants arrested at Bodyke